VP8 Alumni Guestbook
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Will Pennington wrote on November 21st, 2021 |
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Hey, folks, Where can I find a list of VP-8 CO's? I have a "Rob Scott" asking to join the VP-8 Fighting Tigers Facebook page. I looked at his Facebook profile but there's nothing indicating a Navy background let alone a tour as VP-8 CO. Thank you, Will Pennington |
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Ralph Papa wrote on November 10th, 2021 |
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U.S. VeteranRobert Ellison Lynn, ‘Captain Bob’, age 76 of Burnsville, passed away on April 4, 2011 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Minneapolis, MN. Bob retired from Northwest Airlines in 1990. He is preceded in death by his parents, Ellison and Beulah (nee’ Lewis) Lynn. He is survived by loving wife of 53 years, Ann (nee’ Rykken) Lynn; children, Roberta (Mark) Niver, Barbara (Marc) Minguet and Deborah Blowers; grandchildren, Grant, Blake and Bryce Niver, Celine, Nicole and Christopher Minguet, Andrew, Jonathan, Elliot and Amanda Blowers; brother James ‘Mike’ (Linda) Lynn. Captain Bob was a former Northwest Pilot and served his country as a Naval Aviator in the U.S. Navy. Memorial Service will be on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 2:00 PM at the White Funeral Home, 14560 Pennock Avenue, Apple Valley with visitation 1 hour prior to service at the Funeral Home. White Funeral Home Apple Valley 952-432-2001 White Funeral Home Apple Valley 952-432-2001 |
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Ralph Papa wrote on November 9th, 2021 |
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Profile image RALPH Home Compose Inbox 999+ Unread Starred Drafts 296 Sent Archive Spam Trash Less Views Hide Photos Documents Subscriptions Deals Groceries Receipts Travel Folders Hide New Folder ART folder 2 BMAG Drafts E-Bay-Art Sales Folder Family Tree Connections Family-Friends Financial Info folder Geneology Folder graymail Italian Language Folder 1 Italy Vacation Medical - Health Newtown Alumni Notes OurArtVolumeIII 2014 PleinAirPalmBeach 1 Saved Mail Sent Messages SentMail00 spam US Navy VP-8 folder 9 Web Design folder Back Archive Move Delete Spam Re: [External] Re: Robert E. Lynn Yahoo / Inbox Daniel Good <[email protected]> To: RALPH PAPA Cc: Carolyn Magee , Jksciortino , Paul Sciortino , Richard 'Archie' Moore , Robert E & Ann Lynn and 2 more... Mon, Nov 8 at 9:57 PM Hi RALPH, Thanks you all for helping me contact Lt. Robert E. Lynn. I searched him through Burnsville, MN and unfortunately found his obituary. He died at age 76 on April 4, 2011 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Minneapolis. “Captain” Bob retired from Northwest Airlines in 1990. He was survived by his wife Anne. His obituary went on to state he was a naval aviator. I am sorry that I never had the chance to thank him before he passed. In the VP8 website he is pictured as the pilot of the last P2V “last flight” from Pax River in 1962. Thank you all so much for your help. I really enjoyed looking over the VP8 Alumni Association website. Best, Dan Good ——————————————————— On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 4:09 PM RALPH PAPA <[email protected]> wrote: Professor Danial Good: Hello Daniel, So glad you got in contact with us. Carolyn Magee had received your email and passed it on to me to see if I could help.. I was in VP-8 from April 1958 to Sep 1961 while you and Lt. Lynn were there. Sorry that I don't recall you or Lt. Lynn, which may be that I'm up in age at 82 and finding my memory storage space getting overwritten with how to find my glasses and car keys. In our Archives, we have the following listing from 2006 that may be helpful when Robert E. Lynn was a former member of our Alumni Association: Lynn, Robert E. & wife Ann at 14270 Oak Run Lane, Burnsville, MN 55306 email address: [email protected]. (copied Bob Lynn on this email). I tried the telephone # that we had on file but unfortunately is no longer in service. On this email, I also copied Amumni members Sandy Adams, Tony Anzevino, Richard Moore and Paul Sciortino who also served with VP-8 at that time. Hopefully they may be able to help connect. Wish you the best and hope you'll join our Alumni Association. We welcome you and hope you will join us at the following link: VP8 Membership & Donations VP8 Membership & Donations Please call me if any questions. Good luck and best regards! Ralph Ralph Papa, Pres., VP8 alumni Association www.VP8alumni.org 561-374-0837 cell. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, November 8, 2021, 01:42:06 PM EST, Carolyn Magee <[email protected]> wrote: Got this today. -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Good <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 7, 2021 5:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Robert E. Lynn Greetings, I was the Legal Yeoman in VP-8 from 1959-1961 at the Norfolk Naval Station. Robert E. Lynn was the Legal Officer. Additionally, I was the "ships clerk" and in charge of the squadron's administrative division directly responsible to the CO. I am inquiring about Robert E. Lynn who was my mentor and wrote an outstanding letter of recommendation for me. Consequently, I received a PhD in geography from the University of Tennessee and retired as Professor of Geography from Georgia Southern University in 2003.I am now 80 years of age and live in Waycross, Georgia. I found your email address on the VP-8 Alumni Association website. I thought that you might know the status of Robert E. Lynn and you could provide me with his address or forward this email to him. I want to give Mr. Lynn a big THANK YOU for mentoring me and his making a major impact on my life and future. Additionally, I would like to know how he is doing. I will appreciate your help. Sincerely, Daniel B. Good 1116 Lynn Drive, Waycross, GA 31503 email: [email protected] |
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Ralph Papa wrote on March 6th, 2021 |
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Hoping to plan our next VP8Alumni Reunion at Brunswick, Maine in September 2021. |
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Neal Biggers wrote on May 2nd, 2019 |
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It was my honor to serve with VP8 back in 1957-1960., I had the honor of serving as a TACO on Captain Bill Thomas" crew. Captain Thomas was one of the finest gentlemen I have ever had the good fortune to know and call a friend. I also had the pleasure of captaining the VP 8 golf team when we were in Chincateague NAS and Norfolk NAS. We were successful in many matches, led by Airman First C;lass Boemig and Lt Brad Carden I would be interested in attending a reunion. etc if advised of one. I look back on my service with VP8 and the Navy generally as one of the high points of my life. |
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Ashley Craft wrote on September 28th, 2018 |
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Hi! My name is Ashley. I found a letter from LCDR Mark Kirk wrote to my mother in August 18989. I am trying to find contact information - the letter was addressed VP-8. Any information is appreciated |
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Ashley Craft wrote on September 28th, 2018 |
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Hi! My name is Ashley. I found a letter from LCDR Mark Kirk wrote to my mother in August 18989. I am trying to find contact information - the letter was addressed VP-8. Any information is appreciated |
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Ralph Papa wrote on September 19th, 2018 |
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Your message in Guestbook from 5/27/2016 5:16:10 PM Dear Ralph Papa, Thank you for your comments. Sincerely yours, Ralph Papa The following message was submitted: Topic: Input from Robert Fiegl (Capt Retired) on VP8 Alumni Association - Reunions and Newsletter Comments: Following is input from Robert Fiegl (Capt Retired) on VP8 Alumni Association - Reunions and Newsletter From: Robert Fiegl Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 9:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Request Dear Santo, I finally have a quiet evening to write a reply to you. I'm sorry to hear that attendance at the VP-8 reunion was so small. I know it takes a lot of work and planning, usually done by only a few people, to bring an event like this to fruition and it's more than a little disappointing when the celebration is not as big as hoped. I can only write about this from my personal perspective, obviously. First, as I type this, I can clearly see my retirement shadow box, presented to me by my CPO mess when I left (retired from) NATTC Pensacola in 2007. The engraved plate lists 16 permanent duty stations over my 38 years of active duty. I receive invitations to reunions to nearly all of them over the course of about every 5 years or so. Although I had great tours at virtually all of the commands/ships/squadrons, there's no way I can come even close to being able to attend a fraction of them. To tell you the truth, I've not attended any of them. This is based primarily upon the job requirements of my second career as a university professor and my limited time available to travel. I'm retiring this year. I try to keep in touch with some Shipmates from the past, but even that is sometimes a challenge. I trust you can relate? The next issue would be physical ability to attend a reunion. If you take just the permanently retired people (usually age 65+) there are so many who cannot either financially afford to make such trips or their health prevents them from making such a trip. I know that "Where there's a will, there's a way" is sometimes true, but it's not always true. Bud Leady is a prime example. I have to tip my hat to you for your leadership of the VP-8 alumni group! Of all my tours of duty, I put my VP-8 tour near the very top (with my two command tours, my VP-30 and CAG 3 Maintenance Officer tours!). I was most fortunate along the way....truly blessed! As for the best methods to get the word out to group members, I'm all for electronic communications. It's efficient, easy, no cost and instant. I imagine if you took a poll of alumni members, there's no one who doesn't own a computer and have Internet connectivity. I'd probably move away from paper. As far as other opinions, I have very few, Santo. I don't know enough about the group's membership to provide sound advice. Demographic information is important (age, location, employment status, etc.) would seem important when tweaking the activities of this group. Not sure if you have that info at your disposal. It would be easy, with electronic communications, to poll people to see if they'd like to have a reunion at Pax River, Brunswick or Jax. That may help you. I bet you could hold a reunion in many people's back yards and they would not attend.... it's just how some folks are. For me, I'd like to attend one, if I knew enough people there to make it a true Shipmate reunion. I think you need help from your membership to really get a successful turnout. Membership support is key. Friends have to ask and encourage their Shipmates/friends.....and hopefully the word and enthusiasm for reunion events spreads and people view it as a really good thing for them. Standing by for your questions, if you'd like to discuss any of these points further. Thanks for asking. Not sure I've given you anything of great value here. I'm flattered that you requested my input on this, though. Warm regards and good health! Bob E-mail: [email protected] |
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Ralph Papa wrote on September 19th, 2018 |
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Vp8alumni Info [email protected] Search Emails ⌂AT&T⋠Mail att.net Mobile DIRECTV U-verse att.com En Español All Search MailSearch Web ⌂ Home 👤RALPH ⚙ Help Press ? for keyboard shortcuts. Close Ad Contacts Calendar Notepad Press the Enter key to select an item Compose Inbox (432) Drafts (383) Sent Archive Spam (3219) Trash (39) Smart Views Important Unread Starred People Social Shopping Travel Finance Folders (16) ART folder (2) BMAG E-Bay-Art Sales Folder Family-Friends Financial Info folder Geneology Folder graymail Italy Vacation Medical - Health Newtown Alumni Notes OurArtVolumeIII 2014 PleinAirPalmBeach (1) Saved Mail SentMail00 spam (4) US Navy VP-8 folder (9) Web Design folder Recent Search results Archive Move Delete Spam More Your entry is activated [email protected] 05/27/16 at 5:17 PM To [email protected] Message body Your message in Guestbook from 5/27/2016 5:16:10 PM Dear Ralph Papa, Thank you for your comments. Sincerely yours, Ralph Papa The following message was submitted: Topic: Input from Robert Fiegl (Capt Retired) on VP8 Alumni Association - Reunions and Newsletter Comments: Following is input from Robert Fiegl (Capt Retired) on VP8 Alumni Association - Reunions and Newsletter From: Robert Fiegl Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 9:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Request Dear Santo, I finally have a quiet evening to write a reply to you. I'm sorry to hear that attendance at the VP-8 reunion was so small. I know it takes a lot of work and planning, usually done by only a few people, to bring an event like this to fruition and it's more than a little disappointing when the celebration is not as big as hoped. I can only write about this from my personal perspective, obviously. First, as I type this, I can clearly see my retirement shadow box, presented to me by my CPO mess when I left (retired from) NATTC Pensacola in 2007. The engraved plate lists 16 permanent duty stations over my 38 years of active duty. I receive invitations to reunions to nearly all of them over the course of about every 5 years or so. Although I had great tours at virtually all of the commands/ships/squadrons, there's no way I can come even close to being able to attend a fraction of them. To tell you the truth, I've not attended any of them. This is based primarily upon the job requirements of my second career as a university professor and my limited time available to travel. I'm retiring this year. I try to keep in touch with some Shipmates from the past, but even that is sometimes a challenge. I trust you can relate? The next issue would be physical ability to attend a reunion. If you take just the permanently retired people (usually age 65+) there are so many who cannot either financially afford to make such trips or their health prevents them from making such a trip. I know that "Where there's a will, there's a way" is sometimes true, but it's not always true. Bud Leady is a prime example. I have to tip my hat to you for your leadership of the VP-8 alumni group! Of all my tours of duty, I put my VP-8 tour near the very top (with my two command tours, my VP-30 and CAG 3 Maintenance Officer tours!). I was most fortunate along the way....truly blessed! As for the best methods to get the word out to group members, I'm all for electronic communications. It's efficient, easy, no cost and instant. I imagine if you took a poll of alumni members, there's no one who doesn't own a computer and have Internet connectivity. I'd probably move away from paper. As far as other opinions, I have very few, Santo. I don't know enough about the group's membership to provide sound advice. Demographic information is important (age, location, employment status, etc.) would seem important when tweaking the activities of this group. Not sure if you have that info at your disposal. It would be easy, with electronic communications, to poll people to see if they'd like to have a reunion at Pax River, Brunswick or Jax. That may help you. I bet you could hold a reunion in many people's back yards and they would not attend.... it's just how some folks are. For me, I'd like to attend one, if I knew enough people there to make it a true Shipmate reunion. I think you need help from your membership to really get a successful turnout. Membership support is key. Friends have to ask and encourage their Shipmates/friends.....and hopefully the word and enthusiasm for reunion events spreads and people view it as a really good thing for them. Standing by for your questions, if you'd like to discuss any of these points further. Thanks for asking. Not sure I've given you anything of great value here. I'm flattered that you requested my input on this, though. Warm regards and good health! Bob E-mail: [email protected] |
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Ralph Papa wrote on September 19th, 2018 |
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The VP8 Alumni Association was envisioned by Don Stowe in July of 1984 and initiated in September 1986 with 129 Alumni including most spouses. |
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Ralph Papa wrote on September 19th, 2018 |
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